Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Jessie Thomas Vincent (Mrs. Leon H. Vincent)
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.
mssMerrymount
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Rare Books
79194
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Manuscripts
The letter, written from the Adjutant General's Office, and addressed to General and US Representative Charles Albright, reads "My dear General: Thanks, from us all, for your telegram of this date. We appreciate, and will remember your kind interest and attention. I trust that Mrs. Albright and your daughter will accompany you to the President's tonight to see the King. Yours Sincerely, Thomas M. Vincent." Vincent is referring to King Kalakaua of Hawaii's visit to President Ulysses S. Grant.
mssHM 79168
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Manuscripts
A collection of 4,382 items from 1827 to 1940, which contains personal and business documents, correspondence, diaries, speeches, essays, and ephemera. The personal correspondence of John Martin Vincent, chiefly his family correspondence, contains comments on politics, religion, race, economics, and history. Also included are the papers of Vincent's father, John Martin Vincent (1820-1863) which includes letters, sermons, addresses, diaries, travel journals, and legal papers. Also present are five letters from Woodrow Wilson to John Martin Vincent.
VT 3248-3358